Old man winter...go away

Dreaming of swimming in the pool and cold glasses of lemonade!

Teething

Austin is having a harder time with his incisors coming in. I would imagine those hurt a little more than the others being as sharp as they are. He is drooling a lot more with these, running low grade fevers, and of course the diapers aren't fun either. He is taking it like a champ though, and doesn't really want to gnaw on anything. They look like they are about to cut through the gums so hopefully he will have a break for a while. We had such a great week weather wise last week and this week it's snowing again! I am SO over this winter stuff. I want global warming to come back! I absolutely hate being cold. When I am so cold my fingers don't work it gives me the urge to slap Al Gore right in the face. When it was too warm and "Global Warming" was melting away the habitats for the polar bears and penguins everyone was so sad they had tel-a-thons, and now that it's so cold because of "Climate Change"they will probably start pulling everyone's heart strings for the little birds that can't fly home or the poor mammals that can't come out of hibernation or eat because everything is frozen. I am thinking we could move to the Caribbean and become fisherman and coconut farmers.

At the park enjoying the beautiful weather

We had such a nice weekend down here! It was in the 60's and sunny Friday, Saturday and Sunday! This just made our spring fever even worse. I took my niece Kelsie and our friends Bill and Betsy daughter Devan to the park. They took their scooters and rode the bike trails around the park. Austin of course was so jealous that he couldn't go that fast, but he did his best to keep up anyway. Afterwards, we went to Dairy Queen and enjoyed some hot fudge Sunday's then home to relax in the bean bag chairs. All three kids were completely wore out, the girls bellies happy with ice cream and smelled like sunscreen and sweat. I love the warm weather and days like this!

Kelsie Ann

Devan the speedster
and they're off...
Wait for me!
Those girls are way to fast!

Napping partners

Poor Libby! Almost every time she tries to lay down in her bed Austin feels the need to go over there and lay, climb and roll all over her. We wonder why she never wants to lay in her bed;) I just remind her that this is payback from her puppy days when she chewed up my stuff, whined through the night or went to the bathroom on my floor. She doesn't seem amused...

Valentines

These were my Valentines Flowers from Alana Jack! They also got Austin a stuffed Love Bug. They came over for dinner and I was so excited that I forgot to take pictures:) Keith made quite the spread of course! He made some shrimp toast for our appetizers and for dinner he made Steaks with an onion and mushrooms and loaded backed potatoes. I made my first cheesecake from scratch, and surprisingly it turned out REALLY good. Hope everyone else had a great V-Day with the people they love!

Austin and his BIG BOY bed

Austin has been sleeping in his big boy bed for an entire week! He is such a good kid, but I guess I am bias;) He refuses to sleep with covers and has to have his head burrowed in pillows. We have the monitor in there and Keith took the box spring out so his bed is really low to the ground. The pillows probably remind him of sleeping next to us...which just reminds me that I need to exercise more! We are also lucky that he wakes up in such a great mood. In the mornings we will hear him on the monitor. He will sit up in his bed and say " Daddy? Daaaaddddyyy." Or he will point out all of the trucks or "dacks" in his room, and as you can see from his sheets that can keep him occupied for quite awhile:)

Our visit with the Treadwells

Went went to our friends Mike and Stephanie's for dinner last week. Their son Logan is 9 months younger than Austin, but they played very well together. I am so glad that Austin will have so many of our friends children around his age to play with....
My son making himself comfortable...

Austin and Logan mesmerized by Baby Einstein... This can't be good..."Here, catch Logan!"
Luckily he missed and Logan thought it was hilarious!

Got some great books from the Craig's!

Getting him to sit down and read is quite the task. He has way too much Petty in him to sit for long periods of time, and by long I mean 2 minutes;) Carrie sent several great books that we can read to Austin before bed. I remember when Manda and I would stay with her she would read to us, and when she had Owen and Joe they would read every night as a family. This is a tradition that I am excited to carry on!Look at those puffy cheeks! I can't help but kiss them all the time. I will take advantage of it until the day he pushes me away and says"gross Mom!"
Feeling some new teeth coming in with his tongue

This book is his favorite! Carrie told me it was one of Owen and Joe's favorites too.
He points to the stick figures and calls them "Tywer" and "DeDe" (his cousins Tyler and Kelsie)

Rolk Chalk Jayhawk

Austin watched the KU-KState game with me this weekend. He thinks it's funny when Mommy gets upset at the T.V. He looks so good in his KU gear! Thank you to everyone who supplied us with some red and blue. Now if I could only find a KU monster truck for him to carry around:)